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Old January 17th, 2012, 11:33 PM posted to rec.travel.cruises
Tom K
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Default Costa Concordia taking on water off of Italy

On 1/16/12 9:36 PM, Charles wrote:

In , Tom K
wrote:

To me, that damage doesn't look major.

Given the SOLAS requirement, that ship shouldn't have sank.


The damage is major. I don't see how you can look at the pictures
available and see otherwise.



From one article:

"It's possible, with small areas of damage, to prefabricate a [steel]
patch and put it into place," says Dawn Gorman, editor of the magazine,
International Tug & OSV.

It says SMALL AREAS of damage.